Tag: Pineapple

Goodbye pumpkin, this Halloween will be the pineapple to scare you – Italian Cuisine

October 31, 2020 will be more exotic than usual – here's the idea for an original Halloween lantern

The scariest party of the year is approaching, but this year there is a nice news. F.lli Orsero thought of giving a tropical flavor to Halloween 2020, replacing the pumpkin with pineapple to create an unusual lantern. Such as?

How to carve a pineapple for Halloween

Here are the steps to turn a pineapple Extra Dolce F.lli Orsero in a Halloween lantern.

1. Remove the pineapple crown and keep it aside
2. Using a pineapple cutter or a digger, extract the pulp of the fruit, keeping the peel intact
3. Carve eyes, nose and mouth in the peel; the expression must be frightening!
4. Insert the candle inside the lantern and reposition the pineapple tuft.
5. Your scary pineapple is ready!

Obviously, the pulp is not wasted! It can be the basis for one of our recipes, such as centrifuged, jam, sorbet or tasty pancakes.

The F.lli Orsero pineapple

All the F.lli Orsero pineapples are born in the sunny plantations of Costa Rica, where the climate allows the growth of extra sweet fruits, so called because of the sweet and juicy pulp, with an unmistakable scent.

Milan, Italy – June, 2013
Orsero fruit.
© Ada Masella

Pears and pineapple tarte tatin recipe – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

360 g Slices of pineapple
230 g Rolled puff pastry
180 g Sliced pear pulp
60 g Sugar
60 g Butter
1 pc Yolk
Milk
Rosemary
salt

Duration: 45 min

Level: Easy

Doses: 8 people

For the pear and pineapple tarte tatin recipe, beat the yolk with a tablespoon of milk.

Melt the butter with the sugar and a pinch of salt in the pan until it becomes an amber color, then distribute it on the bottom of a mold (diam 26 cm, h 5 cm).

Immediately add a whole slice of pineapple in the center and then radiate around the rest of the pineapple slices cut in half, alternating them with slices of pear. Season with a finely chopped rosemary and cover with the puff pastry.

Brush with beaten egg yolk and bake at 180 ° C for 20 ', then continue at 190 ° C for another 10'.

Remove from the oven and turn immediately onto a serving dish. Decorate to taste with rosemary.

Grilled Pineapple – 's Grilled Pineapple Recipe – Italian Cuisine

First clean the pineapple and cut it into slices about 1 cm thick.

Heat a griddle or grill pan well over high heat, and in the meantime remove the central torso from the pineapple slices and sprinkle them with brown sugar.
Then cook them briefly on both sides (a couple of minutes per side will be enough), in order to caramelize the sugar.

The grilled pineapple is ready: serve it with a few leaves of fresh mint, or perhaps adding cinnamon, rum or even ice cream.